TV Shows or Movies Watched on Phone Not Syncing with TV Library on Mac

I have some of my movies and TV shows synced to my phone, using the "Sync last 10 episodes not watched" option. But even after I watch them on my phone, and sync to my Mac, the Last Viewed date doesn't sync with my TV Library on the Mac, or pull over new, unwatched episodes. For example, I see the checkmark that I've watched 3 episodes of the one show on my phone. But I've connected and synced with my computer multiple times, and nothing happens.


Music syncs just fine. But something is off with my Movies and TV Shows. I assume there's some way to reset, but I haven't been able to find how to do that.

iPhone 12, iOS 16

Posted on Sep 6, 2023 5:23 PM

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Oct 15, 2023 11:42 AM in response to zzane

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Apple TV app on my iPhone, and verified all the other items. It appears I can't delete the Apple TV app from my MacBook and would really like to avoid having to do the hard reset on each device. Any other ideas?


I just got an iPad, and am seeing the same behavior from that device. I can sync my movies and TV shows to the iPad, and it's even syncing my playback position. But it will NOT update the play count / last played timestamp after I finish something from my iPad.

TV Shows or Movies Watched on Phone Not Syncing with TV Library on Mac

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